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{{CW}}{{Videos Need Archiving}}[[File:Daniel Dog.jpg|thumb|An image of Music from the Longmont Humane Society's Facebook page.|375x375px]]On July 9, 2023, [[Daniel Larson|Daniel]] adopted a dog from [https://www.longmonthumane.org Longmont Humane Society] in Longmont, Colorado, naming her Music (formerly Zola). Daniel's reasoning for adopting this dog was his want for "security". He repeatadly claimed Music to be a "guard dog", when all the dog was, in fact, a regular housepet. Daniel's announcement of the adoption sparked intense outrage in the [[R/Daniellarson|Daniel Larson subreddit]] and other respective communities, with many users demanding the dog to be returned to the shelter due to Daniel's inability to financially support himself, let alone an animal. And was was more concerning, [[December 10th Incident|Daniel's violent tendencies]] towards people, property, and many other other things made Music a potential target in Daniel's next [[Meltdowns|meltdown.]]   

Many weeks before this incident occured, Daniel stated that he wanted to adopt a dog, though, this was easily shrugged off as Daniel's usual rambling. This was mostly due to the odds of Daniel ever adopting any sort of animal being very slim, considering his appearence and obvious [[Homeless Arc|homelessness.]] On many occasions, he has said that he has security and a team of people dedicated to protecting him, and him wanting to adopt a dog to protect him fell in line with these delusions.   

During this time this incident was going down, Daniel had a [[Management|manager]] by the name of Warren, although at the time little was known about this person. Warren seemed to have influenced Daniel to keep his location a a secret at most times. This can be inferred from the amount of times Daniel was found lying about his location to throw people off of his scent, which he was most likely told to do by his manager. Additionally, Daniel was still using Cameo, where he earned upwards of up to $500 dollars. Now, with the ambition to adopt a dog for himself, and the funds secured, he went out to get one.  

[[File:Longmont Worker Testimony.png|thumb|401x401px|A long Reddit post made by a worker of the Longmont Humane Society.|left]]On July 9th, 2023, Daniel adopted Music, a German Shepard mix, from the Longmont Humane Society, an animal shelter he was nearby at the time as he was in Longmont, Colorado (although the amount of time he was there remains unknown). From what Daniel had stated, his main reason for getting a dog was for it to act as security, or more specifically, as a "guard dog", which eventually led him to selecting her. While Daniel was allowed to adopt and walk out of the shelter with her, workers and bystanders were worried concerned about Daniel getting a dog, but even so, no one intervened.  [[File:Longmont Facebook Comment.png|thumb|A concerned bystanders comment who claims to have seen Daniel whilst adopting Music. ]]What was even more concerning was that even workers were worried, which resulting in them attempting to slow down the process, atrying to guage if Daniel was truly able to adopt a dog, but in the end, ultimately allowing Daniel to take Music with him. In a Reddit post published on July 11th, 2023, a worker at the Longmont Humane Society, admits that the center did not do any sort of background check on Daniel, let alone any of its customers, and that adopters lying about their living conditions was a common occurence at the shelter, although those dogs were generally returned to the adoption center. They were horrified to find out who Daniel really was, presumably finding out about his colorful history online. Although, they were disgusted with the way many members of the subreddit treated the workers and Longmont Humane Society as a whole, as most of the workers received low pay (or no pay at all) and only chose to stay there out of genuine love for animals, who now had to deal with severel emergancy service calls which resulted in first responders allegedly showing up because of swatting attempts or false bomb threats. Although, this is unconfirmed.

The worker urged people to stop harassing the people at the Humane Society, as they were actively working to fix the situation and initially were not aware of who Daniel even was at the time of Musics adoption.However, the upside to all of this was following the incident with Daniel, the worker firmly states that background checks are now under serious review and additonally, Daniel had been permanantly banned. From what the shelter claimed later on, many people of Daniel's stature passed through and are perfectly capable of caring for dogs.<blockquote>'''''No, no background checks. There have been issues in the past with people lying about their living circumstances, but with more minor things (like whether their landlord allowed the specific dog breed, or the amount of space in the home) and the result was only that the dog was eventually returned when the adoptee belatedly realized that you can't accommodate a hundred-pound dog in a studio apartment. As far as I know, no one has yet had the audacity to just straight-up lie about having a home when they're homeless.'''''

'''''I can assure you that the procedure is now under serious review. Also, the fact that Larson lied on his adoption form could potentially be grounds to dissolve the contract under which Zola was adopted to him.'''''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x7n02/comment/jrlxqf9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref></blockquote>The adoption fee was likely around $100, which Daniel was able to pay. Where Daniel got this money is unknown, although it is most likely that he used the money he earned from [[Cameo Arc|Cameo]] sales.

While the shelter did not allow homeless people to adopt, Daniel lied on his application saying that he lived in an RV, which allowed him to almost instantly adopt Music as they immediantly took Daniel's word for it, choosing to look no further than that. Even more confounding, Music was later found to have [https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/giardia-in-dogs Giardia], which is a parasitic infection that affects the digestive system. It is unknown for sure, but it is assumed that the shelter supplied Daniel food and a leash for Music, that Daniel either bought or got free with Music. Daniel would later claim that he got dry food for her, but no video or photo evidence of this would ever surface, questioning the validity of this. Daniel initially did not post about Music at all, only having her posted when a fan named Keith, who was in the area, spotted him. He had taken a video while Daniel was seated at a Jimmy Johns, where he's seen talking to Daniel about his new "guard dog" while he's heard taunting [[World of T-Shirts|Joshua Block]]. After this fan interaction, Daniel would start posting video's of Music himself, which immediantly sparked outrage within the community when they realized that this was not someone elses dog, but a dog he had attained himself.  {{#evt:

Goated Mines, who would later play an integrel part in this arc, would later manage to talk to Keith about why he hadn't said anything or had shown any concern at all about the dog. He had been urged to snatch Music, even offered to be paid, although, Keith never took this deal and shortly after blocked him.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14vgw54/dms_with_dog_video_guy/</ref>  <gallery>

Following this, multiple members of the subreddit banded together to return Music back to the Humane Society, displaying large amounts of displeasure as they believed Daniel to be extremely unfit for taking care of a dog due to his previous outbursts, fearing that he would potentially hurt this dog.    

This sparked immediant calls to action to collect Music and bring her back to the Longmont Humane Society. However, many speculated about the legaily of taking Music away from him. However, the important factor that would allow Daniel's dog to be taken completely legally, was the fact Daniel lied about his living arrangements to adopt it, therefore, obtaining her fraudulently. No matter how much Daniel insisted on being able to support the dog, Daniel lying on the adoption form ultimately jeopordized his whole plan of keeping Music. Secondly, Daniel was a frequent caller of the Denver police, so the odds of him being taken seriously when calling in about his dog being kidnapped were ultimately slim. Third, even if it were illegal, Daniel shows to have no idea of how the legal system works and no matter how many threats he would make, no charges would end of being pressed.  [[File:"Yes, I don't lie".png|left|thumb|"Oh so why did you say you lived in an RV on the adoption form?"|250x250px]]

This call to action reached the ears of many people, most notably Daniel's old manager, [[Ox|Ivan, who is better known as Ox.]] Even though the opinion of Ivan in the community was largly negative, him posting in the subreddit about his attempts to rescue Daniel's dog, people were hopeful that he could redeem himself and hopefully return with Music safefully. This was mostly because if any could legitimately, peacefully negotiate with Daniel, it would have been Ox. Although, at the time of posting, Ox was in Wyoming, and would not arrive in Colorado until the next day. In the meantime, Goated Mines and many other called Longmont Animal Control and the Longmont Humane Society, and while the society had not picked up due to the increased number of calls, animal control was made aware of the situation, although they were not able to catch Daniel. This would later be corroborated by Ox, who said he'd seen animal control checking the Longmont area when he finally arrived in Colorado.  [[File:Longmont Statement 7-10-23.png|thumb|A public statement issued by Longmont Humane Society.|350x350px]]Not long after, Daniel began to post more videos of Music. In these videos, she looked incredibly hot and anxious, and could be heard whimpering which only engendered the already growing rage of many.  

This rage eventually grew so large to the point that the Longmont Humane Society, on July 10th, saw fit to issue a public statement regarding the situation, only a day after the adoption. In their statement, the Longmont Humane Society acknowledged the situation and informed the public that they were doing everything in their power to get Music away from Daniel. Although, they would eventually not need to do anything, following all of the rescue attempts that were put to action by the caring members of the community. 

In the meantime, other people who were out of state or unable to reach Daniel were trying to spread awareness of the situation, such as Goated Mines and SmokeyMcc, who made videos explaining the situation. There were also members of the community who were making Facebook posts, trying to spread the word so Music could be found. However, some videos on TikTok (Most notably one made by [[Michael Quinn]]) thought to put in their two cents on how no one should be interferring with Daniel and his dog, as he needed "companionship", painting to him to be nothing but a poor homeless man.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x10iz/michael_quinn_is_a_sick_fcker/</ref> 

While people were working to rescue Music, concerns grew as the forecast predicted heat over 90 degrees, which would be very stressful to a dog without proper cooling or water. Daniel is known to walk multiple miles for things, and something like that could be potentially fatal to a dog of Musics size. Daniel would still be very quiet online, although he would soon be located at Union Station in Denver, where he was seen with a group of boys wearing very odd attire. These people were shortly after exposed for belonging to a group called "EXPO PRODUCTIONS", who made music videos. They'd hung with Daniel before, making people beleive that they were aware of the situation and who Daniel was, and were not helping in any way for their own personal gain.   

After meeting at Union Station, they would make their way to a bridge along with riverway, where for around an hour they would try to film another music video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5rBVbJmEd4</ref> Daniel would soon start live streaming on his then Youtube page, Daniel Larson NYC 13. While he was live, people starting working diligently to try and find his location so animal control could successfully move in and seize the dog from his possession. Because doxxing was not allowed on the subreddit, many, including Goated Mines, created Discord servers where people could work together trying to find him. In these servers, some members made posts to Longmont and Denver pages, urging people to look out for Daniel and to immediantly report him when seen. Some people even claimed to have seen Daniel in the area, having been worried about his mental state. To make it worse, a German Shepard was sadly killed in the Longmont area not too long ago, which had people concerned as to if Daniel was the one who took the animals life, although he most likely did not. If he was to return to Longmont, he would have been a dead man. 

While the live stream went on, it seemed as though Music was mostly ignoring Daniel. He had repeatedly tried to call her name to get her attention, though she did not seem to listen to Daniel. Additionally, he would constantly refer to Music as a "he", which showed how little he cared or knew about her. She would also frequently bark at the people around Daniel, which was most likely a sign of stress. Regardless of this, Daniel said this was because of her "guard dog nature", and continued on about how he'd gotten Music so she could act as a guard dog for him. Even so, the stream was mostly uneventful, as the members of Expo Productions continued to film their music video, while the members of the Discord were working diligently as they soon pinpointed Daniel's location. They were under Cherry Creek, on Lake Street. As soon as this was found out, animal control was reached out to, where they were promptly informed of Daniels location and abusive past. Animal control said they'd send over someone to the area, but as the live stream came to a close with Daniel announcing he was going to Starbucks, they had missed their window of oppurtunity.   

Before ending the stream, Daniel would say he was going to go live again in around a half hour. Members of both the subreddit and Discord waited for him to go live once more before calling again, as to not make animal control suspicious of anyone. While the Starbucks Daniel stayed at was found extremely quickly, we was not found there either. But while Daniel was there, he posted a few videos of him giving Music a heartbreakingly small amount of water in what was later found to be a bowl made for cats and puppies. He stayed a Starbucks for a few minutes, before heading back to Union Station. He took a video of him and Music in a car while on the way back, although its extreemly clear that she was extreemly tired and anxious. At the very least, Music received some AC, but not enough to truly help her.   

While Daniel was located a train station, animal controlled was called once more, although they once again missed him. Although, people managed to get into contacted with Expo Productions, who claimed they "...didn't know" about the situation regarding the dog and had spoken to the police about the situation, however, the validity of this is unconfirmed. Not long after, Goated Mines would create a Discord server entitled "Ceel Team 6", which would eventually go on to successfully save Music.   

Daniel cited that his reason for adopting Music was for her to act, “As a guard dog,” seemingly believing that she was trained as such and would thus protect him. Daniel also frequently misgendered Music, sometimes accidentally referring to her as a male. This may seem like an insignificant error, however a dog's gender is extremely crucial information, especially if it has to receive shots or any significant medical treatment.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/live/k5rBVbJmEd4?feature=share</ref>

Daniel severely underfed Music. In a reply to a comment on his YouTube channel, Daniel said that he had purchased a $4 water bowl from PetSmart for Music. Additionally, he had noted that Music was not an, "...extreme cuddle bug," referencing that she had presumably not wanted to touch or be near him, which is extremely justified considering the conditions she was in. Note that Daniel's writing style produces many grammatical errors. <blockquote>Yes he [''sic''] has[.] I have [purchased] a water bowl [for her] yesterday for $4 from PetSmart and I got her everything we need right now[.] I was watching [her] last night and [''sic''] just [to see] how she was acting[.] I am thinking [about] getting [her] like a small blanket to use as like a [''sic''] extra type of cover so things don't get in her eyes[.]

On July 10, 2023, Daniel purchased a water bowl for Music for $4. It was visibly far too small for a dog of Music's size.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66iTatXaXJQ</ref> When the members of the subreddit dug further, they uncovered that the bowl Daniel had gotten was meant for cats, implying that Daniel had bought the cheapest bowl he could find at PetSmart.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x5y1m/i_found_the_water_bowl_that_daniel_bought_for/</ref> Considering the fact that Music is a German Shepherd, this is extremely unfit for her. Even in the video he had uploaded to YouTube, where he claimed that Music was to be his, "...guard dog," the bowl he had gotten for her was visibly very small, and was clearly meant for animals far smaller than her. The only water Daniel had gotten for music consisted of, presumably, small cups of water from various fast food chains, such as Starbucks and McDonald's, which is not nearly enough water for a dog, especially one as big as Music.

I also have a full bag of dog food she won't eat yet but I have tried to feed her I'm just making sure that she's like getting something right now</blockquote>Regarding food, Daniel failed to adequately provide for Music. Daniel claimed to have had a bag of dry food for her, which adds up considering that the Longmont Humane Society gives all people who adopt animals from them food, but according to Daniel, Music refused to eat, which in most cases is a sign of stress. Additionally, in every video of Music that Daniel had posted, she was seen audibly whimpering with her ears down, which is a sign of nervousness and stress in most animals. The only 'food' Daniel claimed to get Music was a, "puppacino," which is essentially a small cup of whipped cream.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14ws4x3/daniel_larson_believes_a_pup_cup_and_nachos_are/</ref> In a YouTube comment, Daniel replied to someone detailing the food he had given to Music at the moment, along with contemplating giving Music nachos, which is incredibly dangerous given how Nachos may contain ingredients such as jalapeños and onions, which are known to be harmful or even fatal to dogs. Daniel fully admitted to possibly harming Music, which is very telling of what his behavior would be if he had kept her any longer.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14ws4x3/daniel_larson_believes_a_pup_cup_and_nachos_are/</ref><blockquote>I got a large puppuccino

Soon after it was discovered that Daniel had in fact gotten a dog, [[Ox]] posted on Reddit asking for Daniel's location so that he could rescue the dog, stating that he will get to Colorado by motorcycle.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14vjgc7/whose_got_dans_newest_number_or_location/</ref> He posted this July 9 at 10:00PM Larson Time (Mountain Daylight Time).

In another post from Ox at 2:13PM, "Dan is gone. I have someone helping, he is headed to Denver to see bob [''sic'']. Took the train I think it’s why he’s silent. Yes, I am here." along with a photo of his bike on a street in Longmont, Colorado.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14w4wh9/dan_is_gone_i_have_someone_helping_he_is_headed/ https://reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14w4wh9/dan_is_gone_i_have_someone_helping_he_is_headed/]</ref> In the comments of the post, Ox stated that he would try again either tomorrow (July 11) or the day after (July 12) indicating that it was difficult to pinpoint Daniel's exact location.<blockquote>I’m [going to] try again tomorrow or the next day. I need a good spotting or exact location next time. Can’t blow it. I drove all over today.-''[https://reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14w4wh9/dan_is_gone_i_have_someone_helping_he_is_headed/jrg6o3j/ YungDaddyOx]''</blockquote>But despite all of these attempts, Ox remained unsuccessful and never caught Daniel.

On July 11, 2023, WeenWeenmusic, also known as Ween, was able to rescue Music by finding the restaurant Dan was loitering at. The operation was conducted flawlessly. Ween was able to get the dog by asking Daniel if she had permission to make sure that she was okay, pretending to be a vet. Not long after, she simply walked away and put her in their car.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14wwqvs/music_rescue_information/ https://reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14wwqvs/music_rescue_information/]</ref> Soon after, Ween started a voice call in his discord server, and just a moment after, Goated Mines posted an image of Music<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14ww7cu/music_is_safe/</ref> on Reddit with a caption saying, "MUSIC IS SAFE." After requests for more proof, he later posted a [https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14wx26n/music_rescued_more_proof/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 video of Music.] Ween himself also posted an update to Reddit explain what they would do with any donations that were sent their way as well as some more photos of Music.<blockquote>[H]ello! [I']m ween lol [I']m the [M]usic snatcher!! [S]he's doing great and [I] understand why people are questioning donations and stuff for me but it was originally so [I] could get up to [L]ongmont but [I']m hoping to spoil her and have a lot of things that she can take to her forever family. [S]he's an amazing dog and thank you all for helping her[.] -''[https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x0d4x/ween/ loverofmoms69 (ween)]''</blockquote>Goated Mines posted another update stating that Zola (Music) is on her way back to Longmont with one of the animal caretakers.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x4ll1/zola_is_en_route_back_to_longmont_with_one_of_the/</ref> Followed by another post once she made it.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x6r9g/zola_has_made_it_to_the_shelter/</ref>

About seven Hours after Goated Mine's, "MUSIC IS SAFE," post, Daniel became active on his YouTube community page, claiming that he had just gotten out of police custody and that he had received new criminal charges.<ref>http://archive.today/2023.07.13-001907/https://www.youtube.com/@DanielLarson-ob2jw/community</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxaIpEswmXa5caLW81EVwvcIAK52JYeeah</ref> <ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxR98WU9l3SkDrdbICV0vFUWZiqNEFTQh5</ref> He asked the community to help him get Music back,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxW2mxdKh6QqPKbSJxCyny5jApofRkuySx</ref> and alleged that [[World of T-Shirts]] was somehow connected to, "...the dognapping situation,"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxAxL6mMNOboDXJffz2Kg44MXYR8zHtsNR</ref> when Joshua was never aware of him possessing an animal.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@thisismichaelquinn/video/7254590818961476907 ''Note: Michael Quinn claimed that Daniel could be a "super dog dad" and that having a dog could benefit his mental health.''</ref>